{"id":3331,"date":"2020-03-05T16:51:02","date_gmt":"2020-03-05T16:51:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cdtrp.ca\/?p=3331"},"modified":"2020-03-05T19:11:47","modified_gmt":"2020-03-05T19:11:47","slug":"2020-a-year-for-canada-to-leap-ahead-in-donation-and-transplantation-research","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cdtrp.ca\/en\/2020-a-year-for-canada-to-leap-ahead-in-donation-and-transplantation-research\/","title":{"rendered":"2020: A year for Canada to leap ahead in donation and transplantation research"},"content":{"rendered":"
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2020 is a year of opportunity for our network. Many of you will remember our roots, as we together founded the Canadian National Transplantation Research Program in 2013. The goal was to bring together our country’s diverse donation and transplantation research communities, an ongoing effort that we are just as passionate about today. Over the last 6 years, our network has grown to include more than 300 scientists, students, collaborators, patient\/family\/donor partners and knowledge users at 33 sites across Canada, working together on our shared goals through research, innovation, and knowledge translation projects.<\/p>\n

In 2018, we refreshed the vision of our network and articulated the next steps towards our mission of achieving One-Transplant-for-Life<\/em>: that Canada fulfills every donation opportunity and realizes the potential of transplantation as a true, cost-effective and final cure for many chronic diseases and refractory blood cancers. We also renamed the network the Canadian Donation and Transplantation Research Program<\/em>, recognizing the importance and equal weight of the donation communities with the transplant communities, together with patients, families and donors. With a redesigned structure, we are now offering enhanced research support and infrastructure to the community, to help accelerate research and innovation projects, leverage the vast interdisciplinary expertise of the network, grow funding opportunities and success rates for our members, and position our trainees and early career researchers for successful careers in the field. We encourage all of you to explore the many resources available<\/a> and reach out to network staff<\/a> for more information.<\/p>\n

With our members\u2019 and partners\u2019 collective and coordinated efforts, we are moving the field forward in an array of new and exciting ways. Here are just a few highlights of work going on across the network:<\/p>\n